Sundance ’23 Review Round-Up

Third annual edition of “Andy watches Sundance movies at home,” engage. Continue reading →

Sundance 2022: Review Round-Up

Coming in just in time at (checks notes) a month and change since the festival wrapped. Continue reading →

“Introducing: Carlson Young”

Nice to meet her. Continue reading →

“‘How It Ends’ Can’t End Soon Enough”

God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, but also please, PLEASE explain to me why people still make movies like this one. Continue reading →

“‘The Killing of Two Lovers’ Shoots Its Hollow Heartbreak Beautifully”

Hang on a second there – two lovers? In THIS ec– Continue reading →

Sundance 2021: Coverage Roundup Extravaganza

So, I covered Sundance this year, from the comfort and safety of my couch, often wearing my PJs, frequently drinking a beer of my choosing from our fridge.  In the loosest sense possible, I’ve “covered” Sundance before; here and there, I’ve provided spot reviews for movies that, i their release years, turned out to be … Continue reading →

Review: My Happy Family, 2017, dir. Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross

And here’s my second Sundance review for The Playlist, detailing the exquisite My Happy Family, a Georgian film by the directing duo of Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross. I’ve never seen anything they’ve made together before. I want to go back and watch all of their works now. My Happy Family is absolutely wonderful, and while I have a … Continue reading →

Review: The Workers Cup, 2017, dir. Adam Sobel

I’m not at Sundance, but that doesn’t mean I can’t remotely cover Sundance from home! For The Playlist, I reviewed a pretty good documentary called The Workers Cup, about workers building the future stadium for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and by “building” I mean “kinda being treated as subhuman by their employers in some truly fucked … Continue reading →

Review: Martha Marcy May Marlene, 2011, dir. Sean Durkin

I absolutely adored this mesmerizing, eerie, and breathtakingly composed film– inasmuch as something this unsettling can be adored– and it’s all thanks to some top-drawer editing and a startlingly assured debut by Elizabeth Olsen. Continue reading →

Review: Cedar Rapids, 2011, dir. Miguel Arteta

Ed Helms’ career is defined by a relegation to supporting roles and a specific casting type– whether intentional or otherwise– that does not on its own merits suggest leading man potential. Unless the film in question features a leading man that plays perfectly to that type, which Tim Lippe, insurance salesman and poster child for … Continue reading →